War game



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WAR GAME Filed May 25, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .Hill

% nvenlor A llomeys Patented Sept. 7, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENTNoT-Flcr.

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in gamesand has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafterset forth, a game which will be highly entertaining and in thesuccessful playing of which considerable skill will be required.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a game of theaforementioned character which will be simple in construction, strong,durable, attractive in appearance and which may be manufactured at lowcost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein like characters of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a game board or table embodying thepresent invention.

Figure 2 is a View in vertical longitudinal section through theinvention.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the game board or table.

Figure 4 is a detail view in perspective of a cue which is to be used inplaying the game.

Figure 5 is a detail View in perspective of one of the surfaceprojectiles or pieces.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that theembodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a flat,horizontal panel or board I of any suitable material which is mounted onsupporting legs 2. Rising from the edges of the board I are side Valls 3and end walls 4 and 5. Extending diagonally between the side walls 3 andthe end wall 5 are partitions 6 providing substantially trianguiarcompartments 'I for the reception of two sets of distinctively coloredsurface projectiles in the form of disks 8. At an intermediate point,the end wall 5 has formed therein a cut-out or recess 9, the purpose ofwhich will be presently set forth.

Dened longitudinally on the board I, as at I8, is a substantially ovatearea or eld I I which is unobstructed and which is known as No MansLand. The eld II is divided into two sections by a transverse line I2.Projecting transversely over the board I from the side walls 3 arespaced partitions I3 which terminate, at their inner ends, in heads I4at the margins I0 of the eld I I 'Ihe areas between the longitudinallyspaced partitions I3 and between the end wall 4 and the or pieces 8.Mounted on the end wall 4 is a tray I6 which is adapted to receive thepieces 8 from the board I through an opening I1 in said end wall 4.Guides I8 are provided on opposite sides of the opening Il fordeflecting or directing the pieces 8 toward said opening.

The ports I5 are alternately. colored, for eX- ample, red and black andthe two sets of disks 8 are similarly colored. The forts I5 are furtherprovided with score indicating numerals I9 and and also with suitableindicia 20 which is suggestive of the scoring value of the differentforts. The two halves into which eld II is divided by the transverseline I2 are also provided with score indicating numerals 2I and suitableindicia 22 indicating the nature of this area and suggesting the scoringvalues thereof. At one end of the field I I and at an intermediate pointon the line I2 marks 23 and 24 are provided, said marks beingrepresentations of stars. The reference numeral 25 designates aconventional cue with which the pieces 8 are propelled.

Briefly, the game may be played substantially v as follows:

The sets of pieces 8 may be stored in their respective compartments 1,said compartments being known as arsenals, as indicated at 26. Thecompartments 'I are colored to conform to the colors of the two sets ofpieces 8. Two, four or more players may compete in the game. Beforestarting the game the players place a piece 8 on the spot 23 and shootsaid piece through the medium of the cue 25, as close as possible to thespot 24. The player coming the closest to the spot 24 in thispreliminary contest has his choice of the two sets of pieces 8 and alsothe order in which he is to play. Ten ofthe pieces 8 may comprise eachset. The playing of the game now starts, the player placing his pieceson the board I adjacent the head of the table or game and projectingsaid pieces over the field II through the medium of the cue 25. Therecess 9 in the end wall 5 is to accommodate the cue 25 when propellingthe pieces 8. The object of the game is to cause the pieces 8 to enterthe forts I5 of the player, as indicated by the color of said forts. Inother Words, the player using the red pieces 8 endeavors to shoot thesame into the red forts i5, etc. This must be done by banking the pieces8 from the inner end portions of the partitions I3 on the opposite sideof the board I. Should one of the pieces B be shot into a fort of theopposing player, that piece becomes a captive and the score of thatparticular fort counts double for the opponent. The pieces 8 which cometo rest in either section of the eld Il may be driven into the forts i5by subsequently shot pieces. 'I'his may be done either by the player toWhom the pieces belong or by the opponent who follows: him. Any of thepieces 8 remaining in the field Il at the end of play count according tothe scoring value of that section, as indicated at 2|. Any of the pieces8 which pass through the opening I1 into the tray I6 are dead or out ofplay for the rest of the game. After all of the pieces have been playedthe scores are added to determine the winner of the game. Should eitherplayer succeed in placing one or more of his disks 8 in each of hisforts l5 he is the Winner and the game is thus terminated.

It is believed that the many advantages of a game constructed inaccordance with the present invention will be readily understood, andalthough a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated anddescribed, it is to be understood that changes in the details ofconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may beresorted to which will fall Within the scope of the invention asclaimed;

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

f 1. A game device of the class described comprising a horizontal board,side and end walls rising from said board, spaced partitions extendinginwardly from the opposite side Walls and including heads on their innerends engageable by game pieces, said partitions defining scoringchambers for the reception of the game pieces.

2. A game of the character described comprising a horizontal boardhaving defined longitudinally thereon a substantially ovate eld spacedfrom the sides of said board, side Walls rising from the board, spacedpartitions extending inwardly from the opposite side Walls andterminating at the edge of said ovate field, said partitions deningscoring chambers for the reception of game pieces from the eld, saidpartitions terminating in heads at their inner ends engageable with thegame pieces for deecting said game pieces, one of the walls adjacent oneend of the ovate eld having a cut-out portion for the manipulation of agame piece projecting implement along the surface' of the board and apair of deectors secured to the board adjacent the opposite end of theovate eld, said deflectors having inclined faces cooperating to form anend chamber.

OSCAR R. GABLE.

